Migration + Wealth Flow Explorer

County

Wake County, NC

In the IRS's 2022–2023 Statistics of Income migration data, Wake County, NC recorded 34,670 households (58,079 people) moving in and 30,809 households (50,965 people) moving out — a net gained of 3,861 households and $394.49M in reported adjusted gross income.

The single largest recorded source of newcomers was Durham County, NC: 3,599 households (5,610 people) moved from there, representing $283.98M in reported income.

At the state level, no state sent more newcomers into Wake County, NC than Florida, which accounted for 2,408 households and $210.00M in reported AGI.

Inbound (reported)

$2.98B

34,670 households · 58,079 people

Outbound (reported)

$2.58B

30,809 households · 50,965 people

Net (reported)

$394.49M

3,861 households · 7,114 people

States sending newcomers

Shaded by reported AGI coming from each state. Hover a state for numbers. County-to-county detail below.

Top origin counties

CountyHouseholdsPeopleReported AGI
Durham County, NC3,5995,610$283.98M
Johnston County, NC1,9993,461$116.02M
Mecklenburg County, NC1,0281,491$80.13M
Orange County, NC7581,118$55.25M
Franklin County, NC7261,337$47.28M
Chatham County, NC355595$46.87M
Guilford County, NC8031,163$46.63M
Santa Clara County, CA178405$41.96M
Cumberland County, NC6241,010$38.85M
New Hanover County, NC524707$36.49M
Fairfax County, VA295533$35.95M
Middlesex County, MA257499$35.34M
Los Angeles County, CA310513$34.83M
Harnett County, NC6531,145$34.35M
Pitt County, NC545815$33.55M
King County, WA169338$32.56M
Cook County, IL256417$30.26M
New York County, NY193301$30.25M
Alameda County, CA162355$28.16M
Maricopa County, AZ287532$27.56M

Where newcomers came from” excludes moves within Wake County, NC itself. Switch to outbound to see the other direction.